BlockFrom the record
One of 38 National Register listings published here for Fairfield County · listed in 1980 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Rushville Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1909.
The listing
- Address. Bremen Ave., Main and Market Sts., Rushville
- When was it listed? November 1980
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 80002996 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1909 to 1984The ground this property stands on, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
6 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Rushville Historic District between 2012 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5126 |
| 22 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13785 |
| 10 November 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15927 |
| 17 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15855 |
| 10 October 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Maps showing this location
7 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1909 USGS Thornville quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Rushville quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
Listed places nearby
4 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dilger Store | 0.9 miles | 1985 | |
 | Joseph Ijams House | 1.5 miles | 1983 |
 | Henry Musser House | 7.7 miles | 1978 |
| Fairfield County Children's Home | 7.9 miles | 2008 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80002996 in Record Group 79. |
| Fairfield County | All 38 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.